Henry Ernest Dudeney/Modern Puzzles/176 - The Five-Pointed Star
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Modern Puzzles by Henry Ernest Dudeney: $176$
- The Five-Pointed Star
- There is something very fascinating about star puzzles.
- I give an example, taking the case of the five-pointed star.
- It is required to place a different number in every circle so that the four circles in a line shall add up to $24$ in all the five directions.
- No solution is possible with $10$ consecutive numbers, but you can use any whole numbers you like.
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Sources
- 1926: Henry Ernest Dudeney: Modern Puzzles ... (previous) ... (next): Magic Star Problems: $176$. -- The Five-Pointed Star
- 1968: Henry Ernest Dudeney: 536 Puzzles & Curious Problems ... (previous) ... (next): Combinatorial & Topological Problems: Magic Star Puzzles: $393$. The Five-Pointed Star